Month: May 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol last December has pleaded guilty…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A state appeals court termination letter involving a former top official of the…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Kansas women’s health clinic that has often served as an epicenter of conflict over abortion rights has…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say Sean Kingston and his mother committed more than a million dollars…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The United Auto Workers on Friday accused Mercedes of interfering in last week’s…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democratic senators are requesting a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts after…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Nineteen Republican state attorneys general have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to get involved in a dispute over…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin underwent a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voting rights advocates have asked a federal judge to strike down restrictions contained…

PARIS (AP) — The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, has been reinstalled atop the cathedral’s…

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison for complicity in war crimes in a…

By TARA COPP and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart…

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands (AP) — An American arrested in the Caribbean for illegally carrying ammunition is returning to the United…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — R&B superstar Usher joins the night concert lineup for this summer’s 30th anniversary of the Essence Festival of Culture.…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An 18-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in a violent attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment at the…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has recommended another three individuals for pardons, putting her…

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has, as expected, announced an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Warnings were issued well before a campaign event about winds that caused a deadly Mexico stage collapse this week, but they…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of spying for China for…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of Beat poet Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing…

By JASON DEAREN Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced a North Carolina man to 25 years in prison for teaching…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say nearly 140 migrants have reached Greek shores over the past 24 hours. One man drowned off the southern…

By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor told jurors at a fraud trial’s start that a self-exiled wealthy Chinese…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A battle is under way for the future of Ohio’s $94 billion teacher pension fund. The…